Microsoft PowerPoint - aat_in_depth.pptx

5/4/2019

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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

6. Materials: physical substances, whether naturally or synthetically

derived (e.g.,

paint, iron, clay, adhesive, bronze, emulsifier,

artificial ivory, millwork

)

7. Objects: encompasses those discrete tangible

or visible things that are

inanimate and produced by human endeavor (e.g., paintings, amphorae, facades, cathedrals, Brewster chairs, gardens, bronzes

)

8. Brand Names:materials, processes, and objects having names that are

under trademark protection (e.g.,

Paraloid B-44 (TM)

,

Vikane (R)

); used particularly by the conservation

community, although may be appropriate for terms in other disciplines related to art and architecture

Patricia Harpring © 2019 J. Paul Getty Trust. For educational purposes only. Do not distribute.